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Pivot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A pin on which any thing turns.

Pivot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.

3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.

4. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.

Pivot [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To place on a pivot.

Pivotal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.

Pivoted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Pivot

Pivoting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Pivot